"Really, we've just been working out, just doing lot of weight-lifting, trying to get in condition," guard Mikhail Torrance said at last night's awards banquet. "We know it's an up-tempo style, so (we need that)."

When Grant first arrived, he met with the players as a group, and point guard Anthony Brock said he's had individual meetings with the players, too. Since then, Grant has been busy getting his new job opportunity properly structured.

"We've been in there on our own," Brock said. "We started back on weights last week. Other than that, we haven't heard too much from him."

Players expect more details this week, and then they'll get even more when the recruiting dead period begins on Monday. Brock described his first meeting with Grant as "intimidating" but said Grant seems "down-to-earth, straight-forward and blunt."

He has done some research on his own, talking to his AAU coaches about Grant.

"They said he's going to be up-tempo," Brock said, "and I read in the paper he said we're going to get up and down the floor a little bit, so I'm excited. I'm looking towards that."

While the players wait, there has been a whole bunch of excitement around campus.

"A lot of people in the classes I take are getting a little buzz," Torrance said, "excited about the upcoming season. I'm excited as well."